Display device



Dec. 3, 1940. M. BREKKE 2,223,842

7 DISPLAY DEVICE Filed April 1, 1940 df3%0// Tarekky BY Y ATTORNEYSINVENTOR Patented Dec. 3, 1940 UNITED'H STATES DISPLAY DEVICE Marshall'1. Brekke, Scarsdale, N. Y., assignor to Northam Warren Corporation,New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 1, 1940,Serial N 0. 327,365

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in display devices and moreparticularly to improvements in display devices used in association withthe sale of nail polishes, nail enamels and the like.

Nail polishes, as presently sold, usually vary in many qualities. Theconsistency of. the polish may be from very thin to very thick, -thusaffecting the thickness of the coat applied and the ease in applying thepolish to the nails. Secondly, the colors of nail polish are numerousand the color of the polish as it appears in the bottle differs from thecolor of the same polish when applied to the nails.

1 The main object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a displaydevice simulating a human 4 finger, said display device having animitation nail thereon, said nail approaching as closely as possible thecharacteristics and qualities of the human nail.

Another object of my invention is to provide a display device simulatinga human finger, said device having means thereon for removably receivingan imitation nail.

The advantages of the aforementioned device are obvious. Nails whichhave been appropriately colored with the desired nail polish may beinserted in the device. If the customer wishes to try or test the polishherself all she need do is insert a natural imitation nail into thedevice and apply the polish thereto herself. In this way she may learnthe consistency and true color of the polish. Since imitation nails arerelatively inexpensive, the used nail may be discarded and a new nailinserted.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof,it being understood that the above statement of the objects of myinvention is intended generally to explain the same without limiting itin any manner.

Fig. 1 is a profile View of my device, v

Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are front views thereof showing the device asarranged in a display manner,

Fig. 6 is a side view thereof,

Fig. 7 is a side sectional view thereof,

Fig. 8 is a sectional view along lines 88 of Fig. 7,

Fig. 9 is a sectional view along lines 99 of Fig. 7,

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of my device,

Fig. 11 is a profile view of the artificial nail which is used with mydevice.

Referring to the drawing, N designates the body portion of my device,said body portion simulating the top part of a human finger. Engraved inwhat would be the cuticle portion of said finger is a channel-shapedgroove I, the open faceof said groove facing inwardly of the 5 cuticleline. The surface 4 of the body member N which is surrounded by thecuticle line or groove I is slightly inwardly offset so as to form anail-receiving pocket. The body portion may be of any suitable material,such as metal, plastic, 10 or wood, and may be appropriately colored.The nail portion 3 is formed of any material which preferably has thetransparency and color of the human fingernail. The shape of said nailportion, as shown in Fig. 11, is concavo or convexo 15 and is of ovaloutline. Said nail is so shaped and is of such resiliency that it may beslightly bent and inserted into the cuticle groove l and said nail willthereafter spread and tightly abut the side walls of said groove andthus be frictionally held therein.

While I have shown the nail of concavoconvexo shape, it may be made ofany desired shape as long as it may be resiliently inserted into thecuticle groove and held therein. The nail may be fiat and oval shapedand may be cut from fiat stock without necessity of subsequent forming.When a flat nail is inserted the contour of the groove will adequatelyshape said nail.

While I prefer, before inserting the nail in the device, to color thesaid nail to correspond to the particular nail polish or enamel which itis to represent, the natural colored nail may be inserted and tested onthereafter as hereinbefore described.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention but it is obviousthat numerous changes and omissions may be made without departing fromits spirit.

What I claim is:

1. In combination a body member of rigid material simulating a humanfinger, said body member having a channeled groove formed therein alongwhat would be the cuticle line of the finger, an imitation fingernailformed of resilient material and of greater width than the portionsurrounded by the channeled groove, said fingernail adapted to beslidably and removably inserted in said groove in flexed conditionwhereby its return to normal unflexed condition is resisted by the sidewalls of said groove and same is frictionally retained therein in anarched position simulating a human fingernail.

2'. In combination a body member of rigid material simulating a humanfinger, said body memher having a channeled groove formed therein alongwhat would be the cuticle line of the finger,

. the sides of said groove being parallel to the adjacent walls of thebody member, the part of said body member surrounded by the groove beinginwardly oifset to form a nail receiving pocket, an imitation fingernailformed of resilient material and of greater width than the portionsurrounded by the channel groove, said fingernail

